International Women’s Day is here. Although it is only officially the 43rd UN Celebration, #IWD has been around for 107 years. Much like the fight for women’s equity, IWD has been rising in the past decades with a fierce and outspoken rallying cry.

I am currently the Senior Health Technical Advisor for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), covering portfolios in Somalia and South Sudan. The journey that brought me here began in 2007.